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Video shows attack on ICE vehicle with bat in Oregon parking lot

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The New York Post, Daily Mail, Breitbart News and PJ Media report video of an attack on federal immigration agents in an Oregon parking lot. The footage shows a person swinging a baseball bat at a federal vehicle, knocking off its side-view mirror as it moves slowly through the lot. The outlets say the agents were boxed in or trapped inside the lot. Breitbart places the lot in Salem, while PJ Media places it in Portland. No charges in the incident are described in the supplied coverage.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Video shows people attacking a federal immigration vehicle with a bat in an Oregon parking lot.

    One side only: the rightReported byRight2Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Right
    New York Post, Daily Mail
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  2. The outlets say the agents were boxed in or trapped inside the parking lot.

    One side only: the rightReported byRight1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    Breitbart News, PJ Media

  3. The outlets give different locations for the lot, with Salem named in one report and Portland in another.

    One side only: the rightReported byFar Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Right
    Breitbart News, PJ Media

  4. PJ Media reports that the Department of Homeland Security announced in September an increase in immigration operations in cities and states it calls sanctuary jurisdictions.

    One outletPJ Media· Far Right

How each side tells it

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Right-side outlets all report video of a bat attack on an ICE vehicle in an Oregon parking lot, framing it as a riot by leftists and anti-ICE protesters, with the Far Right outlets using the most partisan language.

  • the left

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  • the center

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  • the right

    3 outlets · 1 opinion

    Right-rated outlets lead with the attack and video, calling protesters unhinged or screaming; Far Right outlets add labels like leftists and antifa and link the story to immigration politics.

    Sensational language“Unhinged”The word adds a judgement about the crowd's mental state that the video does not establish.More neutral: ProtestersDisagree with this highlight? Loaded modifier“lefties”The label places the crowd in a political camp in the headline before the facts are established.More neutral: protestersDisagree with this highlight? attack ICE agents in Oregon parking lot, Loaded verb“smash”The verb adds force beyond the reported strike on the mirror.More neutral: strikeDisagree with this highlight? vehicle with bat: video
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

Language to notice

Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

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    smashUnhingedriotersJaw-dropping

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    smashMore neutral: strike

    The verb adds force beyond the reported strike on the mirror.

    Unhinged lefties attack ICE agents in Oregon parking lot, smash vehicle with bat: video

    Used byNew York Post (Right)Daily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    UnhingedMore neutral: Anti-ICE

    The word adds a judgement about the crowd's mental state that the video does not establish.

    Unhinged anti-ICE rioters were caught on video threatening federal agents and attacking their…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    riotersMore neutral: protesters

    The label characterizes the crowd as rioting before the facts are established.

    Unhinged anti-ICE rioters were caught on video threatening federal agents and attacking their vehicle while…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    Jaw-droppingMore neutral: Video

    The adjective manufactures drama about the footage.

    Jaw-dropping footage shared by The Post Millennial journalist Katie Daviscourt shows a chaotic…

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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  • Sensational language

    chaotic clashMore neutral: confrontation

    The phrase adds drama beyond the reported confrontation.

    …footage shared by The Post Millennial journalist Katie Daviscourt shows a chaotic clash erupting in Salem Saturday between lefty lunatics and the feds.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Dehumanizing label

    lefty lunaticsMore neutral: protesters

    The phrase mocks the crowd as contemptible lunatics rather than describing what they did.

    …Katie Daviscourt shows a chaotic clash erupting in Salem Saturday between lefty lunatics and the feds.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Dehumanizing label

    Masked thugsMore neutral: People wearing masks

    The label reduces the people to a criminal category before the facts are established.

    Masked thugs seemingly trail the vehicle they are trying to block in.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    leftiesMore neutral: protesters

    The label places the crowd in a political camp in the headline before the facts are established.

    Unhinged lefties attack ICE agents in Oregon parking lot, smash vehicle with bat: video

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Sensational language

    Dramatic footageMore neutral: Footage

    The adjective adds drama to the footage.

    Dramatic footage shows one person brandishing a baseball bat before swinging it at a black federal…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    tense standoffMore neutral: confrontation

    The phrase adds drama beyond the reported confrontation.

    A tense standoff erupted in Oregon after an anti-ICE crowd surrounded federal agents’ vehicles and…

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    ScreamingMore neutral: ICE protesters

    The adjective adds drama about the crowd's manner.

    Screaming ICE protesters in Democrat city smash vehicle with bats in wild brawl with agents

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    Democrat cityMore neutral: Salem, Oregon

    The label ties the city to a political party without bearing on what happened.

    Screaming ICE protesters in Democrat city smash vehicle with bats in wild brawl with agents

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    wild brawlMore neutral: confrontation

    The phrase adds drama beyond the reported confrontation.

    Screaming ICE protesters in Democrat city smash vehicle with bats in wild brawl with agents

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    LeftistsMore neutral: Protesters

    The label places the crowd in a political camp before the facts are established.

    Leftists zeroed in on U.S.

    Used byBreitbart News (Far Right)

  • Dehumanizing label

    illegal aliensMore neutral: unauthorized immigrant or noncitizen without legal status

    Appears in some statutes but is widely read as dehumanizing; 'alien' frames people as foreign objects rather than residents.

    Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) releases 15,000 criminal illegal aliens into your neighborhood gen pop again after refusing to enforce Immigration and…

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

  • Dehumanizing label

    illegal alienMore neutral: unauthorized immigrant or noncitizen without legal status

    Appears in some statutes but is widely read as dehumanizing; 'alien' frames people as foreign objects rather than residents.

    …to enforce Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers, and suspected illegal alien Rep.

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

  • Dehumanizing label

    criminal illegal aliensMore neutral: people released from ICE detainers

    The phrase reduces the people described to a criminal category before any facts are established, and the term is a legal status label applied in the outlet's own voice.

    Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) releases 15,000 criminal illegal aliens into your neighborhood gen pop again after refusing to enforce Immigration…

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    suspected illegal alienMore neutral: Rep. Ilhan Omar, whose family documents are being investigated

    The label attaches an immigration-status accusation to a named person in the outlet's own voice before any ruling on the matter.

    …refusing to enforce Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers, and suspected illegal alien Rep.

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

  • Absolutist framing

    crimes committed by an Oregon womanMore neutral: alleged conduct by an Oregon woman who has not been charged

    The phrase presents crimes as established, while the same article says she has not been prosecuted.

    But something that's not a first, and should be a last, are the crimes committed by an Oregon woman who has organized ambushes of ICE agents before and who has just done…

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    organized ambushesMore neutral: was involved in confrontations with ICE agents

    The phrase presents the woman's past conduct as a planned pattern of attacks in the outlet's own voice, which goes beyond what the cited coverage describes.

    …and should be a last, are the crimes committed by an Oregon woman who has organized ambushes of ICE agents before and who has just done it again.

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

  • Loaded verb

    AmbushMore neutral: confrontation

    The word presents a confrontation as a planned surprise attack, a stronger judgement than the neutral term used for the event.

    Portland Antifa Records Ambush of ICE Officer in Biggest Self-Own Since the Last Time She Did It

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

  • Sensational language

    Biggest Self-OwnMore neutral: repeat incident involving the same person

    The phrase mocks the woman as having harmed herself and presents the incident as a dramatic failure, which is a judgement beyond the reported facts.

    Portland Antifa Records Ambush of ICE Officer in Biggest Self-Own Since the Last Time She Did It

    Used byPJ Media (Far Right)

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From the left

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From the center

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From the right

3 outlets · 1 opinion

Leads with

  • attack on ICE agents
  • video footage of the bat attack
  • protesters as leftists or antifa
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  • Breitbart NewsFar Right

    WATCH: Oregon Loaded modifier“Leftists”The label places the crowd in a political camp in the headline before the facts are established.More neutral: ProtestersDisagree with this highlight? Attack ICE Officers with Bat While Disrupting Federal Operations

    Loaded modifier“Leftists”The label places the crowd in a political camp before the facts are established.More neutral: ProtestersDisagree with this highlight? zeroed in on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers Saturday, boxing them into a parking lot in Salem, Oregon.

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  • Daily MailRight

    Sensational language“Screaming”The adjective adds drama about the crowd's manner.More neutral: ICE protestersDisagree with this highlight? ICE protesters in Loaded modifier“Democrat city”The label ties the city to a political party without bearing on what happened.More neutral: Salem, OregonDisagree with this highlight? Loaded verb“smash”The verb adds force beyond the reported strike on the mirror.More neutral: strikeDisagree with this highlight? vehicle with bats in Sensational language“wild brawl”The phrase adds drama beyond the reported confrontation.More neutral: confrontationDisagree with this highlight? with agents

    Sensational language“Dramatic footage”The adjective adds drama to the footage.More neutral: FootageDisagree with this highlight? shows one person brandishing a baseball bat before swinging it at a black federal vehicle, knocking off its side-view mirror as it slowly maneuvers through the parking lot.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
  • New York PostRight

    Sensational language“Unhinged”The word adds a judgement about the crowd's mental state that the video does not establish.More neutral: ProtestersDisagree with this highlight? Loaded modifier“lefties”The label places the crowd in a political camp in the headline before the facts are established.More neutral: protestersDisagree with this highlight? attack ICE agents in Oregon parking lot, Loaded verb“smash”The verb adds force beyond the reported strike on the mirror.More neutral: strikeDisagree with this highlight? vehicle with bat: video

    Sensational language“Unhinged”The word adds a judgement about the crowd's mental state that the video does not establish.More neutral: Anti-ICEDisagree with this highlight? anti-ICE Loaded modifier“rioters”The label characterizes the crowd as rioting before the facts are established.More neutral: protestersDisagree with this highlight? were caught on video threatening federal agents and attacking their vehicle while attempting to trap them inside an Oregon parking lot.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
  • PJ MediaFar RightOpinion

    Portland Antifa Records Loaded verb“Ambush”The word presents a confrontation as a planned surprise attack, a stronger judgement than the neutral term used for the event.More neutral: confrontationDisagree with this highlight? of ICE Officer in Sensational language“Biggest Self-Own”The phrase mocks the woman as having harmed herself and presents the incident as a dramatic failure, which is a judgement beyond the reported facts.More neutral: repeat incident involving the same personDisagree with this highlight? Since the Last Time She Did It

    What a day of historic immigration firsts: Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) releases 15,000 criminal Dehumanizing label“illegal aliens”Appears in some statutes but is widely read as dehumanizing; 'alien' frames people as foreign objects rather than residents.More neutral: unauthorized immigrant, noncitizen without legal statusDisagree with this highlight? into your neighborhood gen pop again after refusing to enforce Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers, and suspected Dehumanizing label“illegal alien”Appears in some statutes but is widely read as dehumanizing; 'alien' frames people as foreign objects rather than residents.More neutral: unauthorized immigrant, noncitizen without legal statusDisagree with this highlight? Rep. …

    Read at PJ Media (opens in a new tab)

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  • Right

    First to report

    New York Post, Oct 10, 5:14 PM EDT

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  1. New York PostRightOct 10, 5:14 PM EDT
  2. Daily MailRightOct 11, 10:51 AM EDT
  3. Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 11, 2:45 PM EDT

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